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Financial Objectives:
• Realize a 3% increase in gross profit margins every year
Product: Provide a wide choice of high-quality salad field
greens
Pricing: Price will be set on a per-pound basis. Consumers may
purchase any amount of greens, restaurants must purchase in
three-pound quantities. All products will be priced
competitively with respect to true substitutes
Promotion: A mixture of advertisements and networking will
be used to increase visibility for MG
Distribution: Consumers can purchase MG’s products at MG’s
stand at the local Farmers’ Market. Restaurants will have their
produce delivered once or twice a week
• Create customer awareness regarding services offered,
develop the customer base, and work toward building
customer loyalty:
• Increase number of transactions per client
• Increase number of restaurant accounts
• Generate repeat business
• Communicate the message that MG is the finest grower of
high-end salad field greens to its target markets:
• Place advertisements either solely for MG or co-branding with the
Farmers’ Market in both the local newspaper as well as the
art/entertainment paper
• Communicate the message to restaurants through networking
with owners and managers
Financial Projections
FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009
Sales Forecast
Individual Consumers $19,944 $38,899 $51,212
Restaurants $51,428 $72,545 $78,998
Total Sales $71,372 $111,444 $130,210
Direct Costs of Sales
Individual Consumers $2,393 $4,668 $6,145
Restaurants $6,171 $8,705 $9,480
Subtotal Direct Costs of Sales $8,564 $13,373 $15,625
Marketing Expense Budget
Advertising $1,100 $1,100 $1,000
Other $1,050 $1,050 $1,000
Total Sales & Marketing $2,150 $2,150 $2,000
Expenses